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Statistics show that the number of cases of cancer in children has increased by 13% globally. The United Nations believes the reason may be that doctors have become…
Whoever dreams of blazing sunshine and lasy days with the taste of sping by the cottage wall, will be disappointed this Easter. It will get cold everywhere, with the…
Three Albanian men are in the Oslo District Court sentenced to between seven and a half and ten years’ imprisonment for comprehensive drug crimes. The three men, who are…
A Norwegian woman, who is sentenced to ten years in prison for attempted smuggling of cocaine from Ecuador, is on the way to Norway to serve the remainder of the…
A defrocked doctor is in Sarpsborg District Court sentenced to prison for four years for aggravated fraud of at least NOK 7.3 million. The verdict fell in Sarpsborg…
From Saturday on it is forbidden to light fires near forests and in other outlying areas. The season for grass fires is long underway in southern Norway, the Fire…
A 21-years-old from Sudan is in Lister District Court sentenced to compulsory mental health care for the murder of a 44 year old Moroccan in Lyngdal, in the south west…
Although the extreme Islamists are weakened in Norway, terror researcher Petter Nesser predicts several more Islamist terrorist attacks both in Europe and in Norway.…
There is no reason to be especially aware of the terrorist danger of rejected asylum seekers, says Norwegian Organization for Asylum Seekers (NOAS). Uzbeks Rakhmat…
Closer to 1,000 parents in the Stavanger area are receiving social assistance, an increase of nearly 200 from last year. The Social and Employment Service (NAV) is…
The Nordic banks have agreed to form a common front against cyber attacks in the form of a digital defence centre with headquarters in Oslo. The initiative builds on the…
Still, it is typically Norwegian to enjoy orange and hot chocolate under the sun in the mountains. But this year a record number that use the Easter to play computer…